slow tcl/tk

Dear r-devel list members,

As Adrian is aware, I've observed the same behaviour in R 2.6.0, in my case
under Ubuntu Gutsy. It's my impression that the slowness of dialogs to
display is true more generally of tcltk windows, but is particularly
apparent for the main Rcmdr window because, I suspect, of its complexity.

Since I'd like to insure that the Rcmdr works reasonably well under Linux
systems, it would help to know the source of the problem.

Thanks,
John

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[mailto:r-devel-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Dusa
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 7:31 PM
To: r-devel at r-project.org
Subject: [Rd] slow tcl/tk


Dear list,

Building my QCAGUI package using Rcmdr 1.3.0, under R 2.6.0
(using Kubuntu
Gutsy) I noticed the library starts visibly slower than...
somewhere in the past.

I used the same version of Rcmdr under previous versions of R
and the tcl/tk window used to open instantly. Under the
current version though, the window take seconds to open:
first it builds the base window, then the menus and finally
the complete window.

The whole process takes about five seconds.
I don't think it has anything to do with the Linux version,
because I noticed the same behavior under the previous one as well.

Is there something changed about tcl/tk in R 2.6.0?

Thanks in advance,
Adrian

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